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JMT A thTdailypicayune Published Ever}' Day Except Sunday. C. B. Andrews,_Publisher Orto Finley-Reporter Entered as second-class matter April «, 1908. at the postoffice at Prescott, Arkansas, under the Act of Congress of March, 3, 1879. TELEPHONES The Picayune Office 232 C. B. Andrews resident 149 ! SUBSCRIPTION RATES Single Copies - *>c One Month - Three Months -$1XH) Advertising Rates made known on application. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC All advertising copy must be receiv a* the office of The Picayune not lat er than 10 a. m., of the day on which It Is intended for use, otherwise It will appear In the issue of the following day Advertising copy for use in t lie week ly Picayune should reach this office not later than Wednesday morning. Any erroneous reflection upon the character, "> standing or reputation of any individual, firm or corporation ap pearing in The Picayune will be promptly corrected if brought to the attention of the pulisher. Statements of facts however will not be retracted. PREDICTIONS FOR 1921. The ancient! oracles seemed to aim .at fair promises, though they chose to speak in cyptic form susceptahle to varying interpretations, and the mod ern seers apjH'ar to he similarly inclin ed. Mine, Frava of Paris, for example, assures the world that 1921 will he without uuy great outstanding events,' which is distinctly comforting, for what a weary world most needs Is rest, quiet, happy escape rrorn an “great outstanding events” such as wars ami revolutions. But why the Paris prophet is pleased to add that the new year will la* "transitory' does not appear, for trausi tori ness is de lined as shortness of duration, and it can not Ik* that 1021 will be shorter than other years.If she means that its un eventfulness will cause it to glide by before we know it. well and good; but doubtless she merely wished to tling out a little cloud-dust along with good promise, as the old oracles did. Unfortunately tfliere are further outgivings of a dubious ohh racter. Though 1021 is to be comparatively tranquil,” u "new political star” is to burst into prominence aud feminism Is to produce a spiritual renascence that may even “penetrate the mystery of death.” If this merely means that Mi>s Alice Paul is to become a ''me dium" and turn Mrs. Piper green vvitb envy, there is no cause for alarm; but the accompanying promise of a new political star of vast effulgence is somewhat disquieting, particularly ■when taken in connection with the prophecy of Mine. Kliz that two most prominent pubPc men will meet deatli at the bands of women. Let us hope for a truly tranquil year, without any feminist or other violent rcuipaging.— Four States Press. --o Women of fashion have blamed their clothes or link thereof- oil the mode designers in Paris, but now these, in response to recent ecclesiastical denun ciation. one and all assert that they are helpless before the detenu nisi de mauds of the women of fashion. Some of them admit that' they are concerned n the change of modes perpetual motion of this sort being the life of the trade—tint insist that the changes must be acceptable to women of fash ion.— Four States Press. Advertising for h position recently, an unemployed British curate stated, as one of his qualification, that he “knew all ubotit the Irish problem." No wonder London Punch promptly remarked that' tills highly accomplished ecclesiastic was greatly needed in Downing street (the seat of the Bri tish government.) A Britton who knows all about the Irish problem is England's most pressing ueed of the hour.— Four States Press. -o “Help, help!” screamed the terrified young man who had pust fallen off the wharf. “I can’t swim!” “Wot of itV” asked the stevedore mildly, taking his pipe out of his mouth and glancing carelessly over the edge of til ewharf. "1 can’t neither, but I ain't yellin' my head off about it.” -o "He's a spoiled fellow, that A1 Briggs : nothing ever suits him.” “But he is. I’ll bet that when he gets to heaven, If he ever does, he will com plain that the harps are out of tune." o —•— “I hear your rich uncle is dead. What wm the complaint?” “None. Everybody was satisfied." CONSTRICTION ACTIVITIES. In the full of 11)14, when the Europe an War placed embargo on cotton ex ports, a leading Southern Senator spent ' an hour trying to cinvinee the editor ; of the Manufacturers Record that the South would absolutely bunkrupt if rho Government did not buy a largo proportion of the cotton crop which was then being picked. He was desper ately In earnest. He tilled the daily pajiers witii reports that the South would Ik- bankrupted by reusou of its inability’ to sell cotton. Many others were misled by his views, and for a I while a wave of pessimism swept over ! the South, and politicians and unwise business leaders started the cry of "Buy a Bale of Cotton," placarding the country with reports that the South was ou the verge of bankruptcy. The Souht was not bankrupt then nor is it now. The South lias been given a hard blow, but not so than other sec tions. The livestock raisers of the West and of the Pacific Coast and the grain growers of the country have beeu hit just as hard as the cotton growers. The merchants have been getting their knocks, too. Moreover, the South has a diversity of development which is absent in many other parts of the country. South ei'ii soil s just as good for many other products as it is for cotton. Indeed, the South could completely abandon tlit* growing of cotton and he the richer therefor. If cotton had never beeu grown by the South, this section would today lie the livestock and diversified farming center of America, with a wealth surpassing that of the richest portion to the West. Cotton furnished less than one-third of the farm-product values of the South, aud the value of the manu factured products of the South for ex ceeds the value of its agricultural out put. The South is mining a very large l«ercentage of the total coal output of the country. With the exception of California, the South is the center of the great oil-producing activities of the United Stott's, und this industry is rapidly expanding and ever requiring an in creasing supply of engines and ho lers und piping und other things needed in tlds industry. The abundant supply of natural gas is a great power for the development of industries in the South. This, ill con nection with tiie icuoriuous re lining operations which are lieiug expanded on the Kulf coast and on up the South, Atlantic coast to Baltimore, promises, to make the oil-refluiug business one | of the greatest activities of the South, | and, indeed, to make the Sou,It the eoi j tor of the gas und oil-refining industry of the world. The Standard < dl Co is spending millions ol dollars for the extension nt its plant at Baltimore, und is build ing a million aud-a-half-dollar office, structure in this city merely to house ts own employes. At Charleston und Brunswick and mi the Gulf coust there are enormous refining operations under way and others projected. The South is producing !«* per cent nf the nation's sulphur supply, and recent development's indicate that the resources of the South in sulphur are far and away beyond anything which laid previously tieen supposed. A few years ago it was thought that Louis iami had the cheif source of sulpher j a the country. But later on came the j great development at Freeport. Tex., and it was thought that that was the Iasi word in sulpher development. But then came the great development of die dulf Sulpher Co., and the more the sulpher situation is studied the more limitless seems to he the supply, and sulpher is the foundation for a vast economic development which will influence every line of manufacturing. Paper manufacturing is to become one of the leading Interests of the South. A nuuilter of big mills are under way and others projected, Involving die expenditure of some millions of dollars for the manufacturing of pulp and paper from the hardwoods of the Carolinas and the pines of the lower country and the rice straw of Louis iana’s rice fields and native wild grass es of Florida and other dulf States Southern railroads are steadily ex panillng the volume of ttieir business and getting into stronger financial shape, while, die railroads of New Hog land are threatened with bankruptcy and apis>als ure being made to the National Government to save the great railroad systems which furnish trans portatlon to the industrial interests of all New England. Southern hydro-electric developments are lieing pushed wldi much energy, and a good many millions of dollars are now lieing expended ou new hydro electric plants. While there is pessimism hen* and there because of the low price of cot ton, no one need for a moment imagine tiiut the real progress of the South is going to be halted except temporrarily. The South will meet this situation with the same energy with which it met the panic of 1907 and the eottop depression of 1914. It will Is* all the stronger, for (he experience gained at this (rime will henceforth make cotton less and less a dominant figure in its agricultural and We venture the assertion that the South will he the first, section of this country to rebound from the present business depression, and'that its activi ties will be in full swing, with larger building and construction work under way than ever before in advance of any other part of the country. We have several attractive proposi tions in the way of small farms und city property. See us. Moore and Martin. Uncle Waite THE UNATTAINABLE 44ST’*HEUE’S a spot on iny back, X ubout the size of a postage stamp, that has been itching all day,” said the retired merchant, ‘‘and it has caused me more grief than the last attack of rheumatism. I can’t reach it with either hand, and I have i been backing up against every tele- ] phone pole and j gatepost, rubbing like a horse with the mange. A man of my social and commercial standing doesn’t look dignified while thus en gaged, but when a man’s back itches, he has to defy the conven tions, and get relief the best way he can.” “I can understand just how it has worried you." said the hotelkeeper. ‘‘The fact that you couldn’t reach around and claw the Itching place with your fingers kept the matter fresh in your memory and got on your nerves. The pursuit of the unattain able always Is more Interesting to us than the easier work close to hand. I You bad your whole person to scratch, ! and might have bought a curry< ornb for a quarter, and had a good time, but : you couldn’t he happy until you had ! reached the one Inaccessible spot. “A while ago I imagined I had heart disease, and went and saw the | doctor. He knows I have money In the hank, and am considered good pay, | so he confirmed my worst fears, and made up his mind to have me for his star patient, until one of us petered out. Fie threw an awful scare into me, so that I went home sweating ice cold circus lemonade. “He gave me some medicines and a lot of Instructions. Among them was one to the effect that when I went to bed I should always sleep on my right side. He cautioned me over and over | again against laying on my left side, and left the Impression that if I dis obeyed him, I’d wake up some morn ing to find myself a candidate f*r a floral horseshoe. “That matter looked easy at the time, and I assured the doctor I’d fol low his bylaws to the letter. When I went to bed that night, I stretched out on my right side, and In ten mln I utes I was Just suffering to roll over, jr don't believe T ever had such a hankering for anything. It seemed to me the height of human happiness would lie In sleeping on one’s left side. 1 followed Instructions for two nights, tnd then I decided that life wasn’t , north such sacrifices, and I rolled over ' ind shqit on my left side, and nothing happened. I was feeling better than usual next morning when I got up. “Of course this experience lessened my confidence in the doctor’s Instruc tions, and I concluded that if I was going to sidestep the Instructions I mlirht as well sidestep the medicines. ton, for they tasted like low life In a Chinese alley, and I threw the whole lot out of the window. Thus the saw bones lost his most promising patient because he handed out a rule that wasn’t strictly necessary. “Speaking of the unattainable, do you know what's the matter with Silas Furbelow? He has everything a man could nsk, a stranger In the town would say. He has a beautiful home and a wife who would be considered a success anywhere, and he has festoons of money where It will do the most good. “Yet he has a secret sorrow. I think he’s the most melancholy man I ever saw. and his trouble Is that he can’t raise a good stand of whiskers. Nowadays, when whiskers are consid ered Hn infirmity, it seems strange that any man should grieve over such a matter, t “He sends all over the United States for hair growers, and half the time his face Is blistered or swollen, and still the whiskers won’t grow on him. If some miracle happen**!, and he woke up some morning to find his countenance all covered with whiskers, he’d probably have them shaved off within a week; hut because they* i'an’l grow, he won’t be happy till tm fets them.” THE DAILY PICA / YUNE LESS THAN ONE WEEK OLD HAS A BONI FIDE SUBSCRIPTION LIST OF ONE HUN DRED AND FIFTY - A PRETTY HEALTHY BABY ISAY. Weary of Whirlwind* "You don’t seem to like the Idea of a whirlwind campaign." w “I hate the mere mention of It, replied Farmer Comtossel. "Maybe vou’d find it hard to understand, nev er havin’ lived, as I did. In a part of the country where every once hi awhile you have to get out and run for a cyclone cellar." Plenty of Time. Teacher—What, Bobby, you say you don’t want to be president of the United States? Bright Lad—Not Just now, thanks. If it’s all file same to you I’d rather wait until after a couple of more elec tions.—American Legion Weekly. CLASSIFIED ADS WANTED—To rent a four or five room house. Apply at Picayune office. For Sale 5 head good work mules. N. E. Ward Phone 165. WANTED TO RENT—furnished rooms for light hous»>-keeping. See Orto Finley at Picayune office of call 9Q9 Shirt Waist Sale—Some real bar gains in voiles, crepe de chine and Georgettes. Mrs. T. G. Moody. Listen | Why go to the trouble and expense of Sunday Dinner at home, when For 50 Cents I i I you can dine at the NEW | PARK HOTEL. Not only i on Sunday—but every day I of the week. Our meals j are carefully prepared ! and our service is excel [ lent. I i DROP IN FOR DINNER ! AT THE NEW PARK. i Wm. HAAS AND SON • • • • MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS OF • • • * I). SHOVEL HANDLES • • • • PRESCOTT, ARKANSAS We Buy ASH LOGS and ASH BOLTS. Announcement This is to anounce the second Annual Fiddler s Contest at Hickory Grove school house which will be held on the night of January 22, 1921. Admis sion 25c, children under 8 years free. All persons who will take part in the program register your name and pay your fee at the window. PROGRAM Best Quartette Singers_$5.00 Best String Band_15.00 Second best String Band_ 10.00 Third Best String Band_ 5.00 Best Single Hand Fiddler_'_ 2.00 Second Best Single Hand Fiddler_ 1.00 Best Lady Fiddler_ 2.00 Second Best Lady Fiddler_ 1.00 Best Left Hand Fiddler lady or gent_ 1.00 For the Lady Playing “Hesitation Blues” best_ 1.00 For the one Playing “Leather Breeches” best_ 1.00 For the one Playing “When You and I Were Young Maggie” best _ 1.00 For the Band Playing “Sweet By and By” best_ 1.00 For the one Doing the Most Fancy Fiddling_ 1.00 For the one Playing “Sallie Goodin” best. --Cob pipe andsack of R. J. R. For the Lady Playing "Casey Jones best_Box of Candy For the Band Playing "Missouri Waltz” best_ 1.00 For the one Playing "Fishers’ Hornpipe” best_ 1.00 For the one Playing "Bonaparte’s Retreat” best_ 1.00 For the one Playing the most Instruments_ .60 For the Lady or Gent who can pick guitar and sing "Tipperary” best-Chocolate Cake For the Band Playing "Wagoner” best_ 1.00 For the one Playing "Daniels Dream” best_ .60 For the one Playing “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles best 1.00 For the Lady Playing "Dill Pickle Rag” best_ 1.00 For the Band Playing "Over the Waves” best_ 1.00 For the one Playing “Arkansas Traveler” best_ .50 For the best song by a lady and a gent,_Basket of Fruit For the one Playing any kind of "Blues” best_ .60 For the best Violin and Piano duet_ 1.00 For the Ugliest Fiddler_ .50 Fo rthe best Piccolo solo_ .60 For the one Playing "Everybody’s Doin’ It” best_ .60 For the band Playing "Dixie” best_ 1.00 • Everybody invited to come and lets hear some good music and have a good time. JIM WARD, OLIVER CLARK, JIM SMITH,